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    • The Object of Love is Food conceptual metaphor in selected Dholuo Benga music of 1970s and 2000s 

      Lydia Akuno, Pamela Anyango Oloo, AL Magonya (Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2018)
      One of the ways in which people express their emotions creatively in a society is through music. Benga music is a genre of Kenyan popular music that has been in existence from 1960s to date. Over the years, Dholuo ...

    • Olikoye Ransome-Kuti: a treasured advocate for primary health care and a pioneer of good health governance 

      Friday Okonofua, Natalia Kanem, Eyitayo Lambo, Isaac F Adewole, Nimi D Briggs, Elizabeth Millar, Fikadu Mitiku, Honelgn N Hiruy, Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Subeen Lim, Hocheol Lee, Jongin Lee, Nigatu R Geda, Eunwoo Nam, Victoria K Uka, Esienumoh E Ekpoanwan, Alberta D Nsemo, Josephine B Etowa, Stephen O Ombere, Erick O Nyambedha, Tobias Haller, Sonja Merten, Tolulope F Olufunlayo, Olayinka A Abosede, Adebayo T Onajole, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Nnabuike C Ngene, Olive P Khaliq, Jagidesa Moodley, Sanae Elomrani, Bouchra Assarag, Vincent De Brouwere, Soufiane Aithammou, Rachid Bezad, Bouchra Benazzouz (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-31)
      Given the phenomenal contributions he made to primary health care worldwide, and to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health care in the African region, the African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH) has ...

    • Opportunities and Peer Support for Aggression and Delinquency During Adolescence in Nine Countries 

      Jennifer E Lansford, Susannah Zietz, Marc H Bornstein, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Lei Chang (New directions for child and adolescent development, 2020)
      This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural ...

    • Organizational Characteristics that are Antecedents to Organizational Learning: A Case of Maseno University, Kenya 

      O Ochieng', P B Ojera ,J Wanjare, S J Ntongai, K I Naibei (AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL), 2014)
      This paper sought to establish the existing Organizational characteristics that are antecedent to organizational learning in public Universities, a case of Maseno University, Kenya. The study adopted a survey design. The ...

    • Organizational cultural factors hindering women ascending to top management positions in public universities in Kenya: a case of Moi University 

      Rebecca S Makori, Maria Onyango, Judith Miguda Attyang, Edward Bantu, Peter Omae Onderi (IISTE, 2011)
      It is observed that the major setback to economic development in Kenya is stagnation in industrial development. To overcome these, Kenya plans to be a middle level income nation by the year 2030. These plans are to ...

    • Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Child Prosocial Behavior: Developmental Transactions across the Transition to Adolescence in Nine Countries, Mothers and Fathers, and Girls and Boys 

      Diane L. Putnick, Marc H. Bornstein, Jennifer E. Lansford, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Patrick S. Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, and Anna Silvia Bombi (Child and Family Research, 2018-10)
      Promoting children’s prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more positive ...

    • Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Child Prosocial Behavior: Developmental Transactions across the Transition to Adolescence in Nine Countries, Mothers and Fathers, and Girls and Boys 

      Diane L Putnick, Marc H Bornstein, Jennifer E Lansford, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi (American Psychological Association, 2018)
      Promoting children’s prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more ...

    • Parental and special education teachers’ influence on psychological adjustment of pupils with learning disabilities in inclusive primary schools in Kenya 

      Cornilla Wanja Obare and Maureen Adhiambo Winga; Cornilla Wanja Obare and Maureen Adhiambo Winga (Academic JournalsAcademic Journals, 2021)
      Learning disabilities (LDs) encompass a very extensive range of academic problems which can give rise to social and psychological problems. Apart from experiencing academic problems, pupils with LDs experience strong ...

    • Parental strategies enhancing level of involvement among pre-school learners in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. 

      Mary Jebii Chemagosi, Benson Charles Odongo, Peter JO Aloka (International Journal of Education and Research, 2016)
      The study established the Parental strategies enhancing level of involvement among pre-school learners in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive design. The target population was 3566 which was ...

    • Parenting and Positive Adjustment for Adolescents in Nine Countries 

      Jennifer E Lansford, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Bin-Bin Chen, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Ann T Skinner, Concetta Pastorelli, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Grace Icenogle, Sombat Tapanya, Liane Peña Alampay, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli (Springer, Cham, 2017)
      This chapter describes the theoretical background, methodology, and select empirical findings from the Parenting Across Cultures project, a longitudinal study of mothers, fathers, and youth in nine countries (China, Colombia, ...

    • Parenting stress and self-reported discipline strategies of Kenyan caregiving grandmothers 

      Paul Odhiambo Oburu, Kerstin Palme¨ rus (Psychology Press Ltd, 2003-11-01)
      The present study examined the discipline methods used and personal and social determinants of power assertive strategies amongst 113 part-time and 128 full-time adoptive grandmothers of Kenyan children aged 1–10 years. ...

    • Parenting, Adolescent Sensation Seeking, and Subsequent Substance Use: Moderation by Adolescent Temperament 

      Sabina Kapetanovic, Susannah Zietz, Jennifer E Lansford, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Paul Oburu, Daranee Junla, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan (Springer US, 2023-03-24)
      Although previous research has identified links between parenting and adolescent substance use, little is known about the role of adolescent individual processes, such as sensation seeking, and temperamental tendencies for ...

    • Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age 7 to 14 in nine countries 

      Jennifer E Lansford, Jennifer Godwin, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini (Cambridge University Press, 2018-12)
      Using multilevel models, we examined mother-, father-, and child-reported (N = 1,336 families) externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age 7 to 14 in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the ...

    • Parenting, Culture, and the Development of Externalizing Behaviors from Age Seven to 14 in Nine Countries 

      Jennifer E Lansford, Jennifer Godwin, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
      Using multilevel models, we examined mother-, father-, and child-reported (N = 1,336 families) externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age seven to 14 in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, ...

    • Parenting, environment, and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Marc H Bornstein, Diane L Putnick, Paul Oburu, Jennifer E Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Robert H Bradley, Riku Moriguchi, Pia Rebello Britto (Springer, New York, NY, 2017)
      This chapter describes the contemporary situation of children in sub-Saharan Africa with successive foci on child growth, the home environment, parenting, and discipline using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey ...

    • Parents’ learning support and school attitudes in relation to adolescent academic identity and school performance in nine countries 

      Suha M Al-Hassan, Natasha Duell, Jennifer E Lansford, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta (Springer Netherlands, 2024-03-22)
      An important question for parents and educators alike is how to promote adolescents’ academic identity and school performance. This study investigated relations among parental education, parents’ attitudes toward their ...

    • Participatory approaches to rural development. A case study of Muhoroni sugar company, Kenya. 

      Mitema, Margaret AO (University of Nairobi, 2004)
      The primary objective of most of the organizations that are geared towards profit realization is productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. Achieving these objectives necessitates adaptability and responsiveness to ...

    • Participatory approaches to rural development. A case study of Muhoroni sugar company, Kenya. 

      Margaret AO Mitema (University of Nairobi., 2004)
      I he primary objective of most of the organizations that are geared towards profit realization is productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. Achieving these objectives necessitates adaptability and responsiveness to ...

    • [PDF] from semanticscholar.org The Current Situation of Pastoral Programs in the Prisons in Western Kenya Counties 

      Leakey Mokua Nyaberi, Susan Kilonzo, Sussy Gumo (2019)
      Crime generates underestimated substantial costs to society at the individual, community and national levels. Globally, governments use prisons to contain crime. The criminal justice system has two primary goals: ...

    • Peace Through Devolution for Sustainable Development: The Kenyan Case 

      Ambuyo Beverlyne Asiko1 (Maseno University, 2014)
      Good governance is a key pillar to sustainable development of any nation. Many conflicts in Africa can be traced to failure in governance, responsible and accountable management as well as failure to cultivate cultures of ...